Elevation, the restaurant at Central Oregon Community College’s Cascade Culinary Institute, has already been on foodies’ radars as a place to eat an elegant meal for a lower-than-usual price. It’s a place where budding chefs and hopeful hospitality professionals learn how to hone their skills and land a career in the industry. But when COVID-19 […]
Cascade Culinary Institute
Thanksgiving Pie Fundraiser for Culinary Students
Maple sugar pumpkin pie, chocolate bourbon pecan pie, chai apple streusel… are you drooling now? Those tasty pies are for sale for $25 at the Cascade Culinary Institute to benefit the Culinary Club. Proceeds will be used to send students to the Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival to volunteer and work with national and […]
Cascade Culinary Recipe and Video: Making an Easter Ham
Chef Thor Erickson prepares a ham for Easter Sunday dinner. Click on the link below to watch the video. Chef Erickson prepares Easter Sunday ham Baked Ham (10-12 servings) 1 whole Fully Cooked Bone-in Ham (10-12 Pounds), spiral cut is fine Glaze: 2 cups light brown sugar 1/3 cup Dijon mustard, like Grey Poupon 2 […]
Cooking Matters
Fifteen students huddle around a table as Cascade Culinary Institute Chef Julian Darwin demonstrates how to prepare, cook and enjoy an affordable and deliciously healthy meal with the self-possession of a 30-year kitchen veteran. As part of a six-week cooking program, called Cooking Matters, Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP) eligible Deschutes County residents are part […]

